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August 31, 2020
2 meetings this evening, 10 recorded votes in all, in the order they were held.
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Start my ballot →4:00 p.m. · Committee on Finance
Sources: Minutes (PDF, in the agenda packet where the council approved them) · Agenda packet · Meeting video
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Attendance
Present: Shawn E. Cadime, Michelle M. Dionne, Bradford L. Kilby, Pamela S. Laliberte, Trott Lee, Christopher M. Peckham, Sr., Leo O. Pelletier, Linda M. Pereira, Cliff A. Ponte
Absent: None
During the meeting:
- President Ponte returned to the podium at 8:52 p.m
4 recorded votes, 2 with disagreement. This meeting on its own page
3 500,000.00 in the health insurance appropriation to $2,000,000.00, placing $1,500,000,00 into stabilization.
Minutes, page 131 · Agenda packet · Video
To refer the budget to full Council for action
Yes: Dionne, Kilby, Laliberte, Lee, Peckham, Pelletier, Pereira, PonteNo: Cadime
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Peckham, it was voted to refer the budget to full Council for action, with Councilor Cadime opposed.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Peckham) The minutes name who voted no but give no count; the count shown is from those names.
To refer the order to full Council for action
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Peckham, it was unanimously voted to refer the order to full Council for action.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Peckham)
4 Discussion re: order rescinding July and August continuing appropriation budgets for Fiscal . Year 2021
Minutes, page 131 · Agenda packet · Video
To refer the order to full Council for action
Yes: Kilby, Laliberte, Peckham, Pelletier, Pereira, PonteNo: Cadime, Dionne, Lee
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Peckham, it was voted 6 yeas, 3 nays to refer the order to full Council for action, with Councilor Cadime, Councilor Dionne, and Councilor Lee voting in the negative.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Peckham)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 132 · Agenda packet · Video
To adjourn at 10:01 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Peckham, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 10:01 p.m.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Peckham)
7:00 p.m. · Fall River City Council · Special meeting
Sources: Official minutes (PDF) · Agenda packet · Meeting video · City meeting page
Attendance
Present: Shawn E. Cadime, Michelle M. Dionne, Bradford L. Kilby, Pamela S. Laliberte, Trott Lee, Christopher M. Peckham, Sr., Leo O. Pelletier, Linda M. Pereira, Cliff A. Ponte
Absent: None
6 recorded votes, 3 with disagreement. This meeting on its own page
Committee Reports
2 Order — Proposed Fiscal Year 2021 Municipal Budget
Minutes, page 3 · Agenda packet · Video
To waive the rules to allow the Director of Financial Services to speak
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Laliberte and seconded by Councilor Dionne, it was unanimously voted to waive the rules to allow the Director of Financial Services to speak.” (Motion: Laliberte, second: Dionne)
To adopt the budget order
Yes: Kilby, Peckham, Pelletier, PereiraNo: Cadime, Dionne, Laliberte, Lee, Ponte
From the minutes
“On the previous motion made by Councilor Kilby and seconded by Councilor Peckham, to approve the Fiscal Year 2021 Municipal Budget, it was voted 4 yeas, 5 nays to adopt the budget order, with Councilors Cadime, Michelle Dionne, Pam Laliberte, Trott Lee, and Cliff Ponte voting in the negative, and the motion failed to carry.” (Motion: Kilby, second: Peckham)
To reject the proposed Fiscal Year 2021 Municipal Budget and for the Administration to prepare a September Continuing Appropriation Budget for Fiscal Year 2021
Yes: Cadime, Dionne, Laliberte, Lee, PonteNo: Kilby, Peckham, Pelletier, Pereira
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Dionne, it was voted 5 yeas, 4 nays, to reject the proposed Fiscal Year 2021 Municipal Budget and for the Administration to prepare a September Continuing Appropriation Budget for Fiscal Year 2021 with level services for the Police and Fire Departments, with Councilors Kilby, Christopher Peckham, Leo Pelletier, and Linda Pereira voting in the negative.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Dionne)
To adopt the September Continuing Appropriation Budget for Fiscal Year 2021
Yes: Cadime, Dionne, Laliberte, Lee, Pelletier, PonteNo: Kilby, Peckham, Pereira
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Cadime and seconded by Councilor Lee, it was voted 6 yeas, 3 nays, to adopt the September Continuing Appropriation Budget for Fiscal Year 2021, with Councilors Kilby, Christopher Peckham, and Linda Pereira voting in the negative.” (Motion: Cadime, second: Lee)
4 Mayor and order rescinding July and August Continuing Appropriation Budgets for Fiscal Year 2021
Minutes, page 4 · Agenda packet · Video
To table the matter
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Dionne and seconded by Councilor Cadime, it was unanimously voted to table the matter.” (Motion: Dionne, second: Cadime)
Adjournment
Minutes, page 4 · Agenda packet · Video
To adjourn at 11:30 p.m
From the minutes
“On a motion made by Councilor Peckham and seconded by Councilor Dionne, it was unanimously voted to adjourn at 11:30 p.m.” (Motion: Peckham, second: Dionne)
From the official minutes kept by the Fall River City Clerk (agendas and minutes). The minutes are scanned documents; we read them with text recognition, check every vote count against the councilors named, and quote the exact sentence for each vote. MassVoter never grades officials; votes and attendance are shown exactly as the minutes record them. Councilor photos: the nine 2026–2027 councilors from the City of Fall River's official councilor photos (Contact the Council page, fallriverma.gov); earlier councilors cropped from the 2024–2025 council group photo and the 2022–2023 council group photo (as published by Fall River Reporter, September 2022). Trott Lee: from his campaign Facebook page (facebook.com/trottlee4cc). Ricky Tith: from Fall River Reporter (April 2025). 2018–2019 councilors (Steven A. Camara, Stephen R. Long, Derek R. Viveiros) and the 2018–2019 group photo: from the City of Fall River’s FY2019 budget book. Richard Cabeceiras, Raymond A. Mitchell and the 2016–2017 group photo: Herald News photo by Jack Foley (January 2016), provided by the Fall River City Clerk. The 2020–2021 and 2022–2023 group photos: provided by the Fall River City Clerk.
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